from long-ago shopping for a webhost. I settled on
Westhost and have stayed a
reasonably happy customer for more than a decade (and even after they
were acquired by a big UK company). I'm happy to refer you to them (and
receive an exceedingly modest referral credit if you tell them I sent
you).

Going (or gone stale), but kept for historical interest

This list was inspired by Dave Winer's list of his
mission-critical software. He was interested in demonstrating that
it's not "Open Source" that's essential. I'm interested in showing you
that when it comes to software, it's often the case that the best
things in life are free and providing pointers to those best things.
Vintage 2001, but a decade later
vim still tops the list!